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In the Sept, 09 issue of Wired, page 26, there was a short blurb on how geographers at Kansas State produced some infographics on the 7 deadly sins–plotting per capita statistics for things like theft (envy) and STDs(lust).  You can see their maps here, but here’s how the 7 deadly sins panned out across the nation:

GREED - average income compared with number of people living below the poverty line.

Lots in most of California and SW Arizona, southern tip of Florida, encircling the Great Lakes area and the DC-New York corridor.

ENVY - total thefts per capita

Plenty around Los Angeles, southern tip of Florida and all the way up through AL, GA, SC, and NC, pockets around Dallas, and up in Oregon/Washington State.

WRATH - number of violent crimes per capita

all over New Mexico, a swath running from all of Louisiana up into Tulsa, OK area and over to Missouri and into Tennessee, Memphis area.  Almost all of Florida, All of South Carolina, much of NC, southern half of Georgia

SLOTH - Expenditures on art, entertainment, and recreation compared with employment.

not much anywhere really, except one tiny corner of Oregon, and one little square of Montana.

GLUTTONY - Number of fast-food restaurants per capita

A bunch around the coast of NC and into Virginia and another cluster in SW Texas, Austin area.

LUST - number of STD cases reported per capita

huge swath running from Dallas, TX through all of Louisiana, all of Mississippi,most of Alabama, southern Georgia, much of SC and half of NC, into Virginia (basically the whole Bible Belt!). Another cluster in South Dakota, interestingly enough.

PRIDE - Aggregate total of the other six offenses–because pride is the root of all sin.

Almost all of California, Sw Arizona, all of Louisiana, much of Arkansas, all of Mississippi, southern half of Alabama, southern Georgia, all of Florida, all of SC and nearly all of NC, central New Mexico.

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